Time Wasters: Surviving in Space, Tornado Footage, and Political Watches

I've been watching Madame President pushing Cylons out the airlock and into outer space (come on -- Battlestar Galactica!). How long do they survive? I wondered. My friend Jack K. had the same question and it's answered on the How Long Could You Survive in the Vacuum of Space? site.

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Take a deep breathe and hope for 48 seconds

It's Your Turn has a long, long list of board games -- chess, backgammon, Othello, and more. You'll need to register in order to play.

Play Reversi on It's Your Turn.

Who left the screen door open!!? Swat as many flies as you can...

Watch as a bank camera from the First State Bank in Parkersburg, Iowa, captures footage of a deadly tornado ripping through the bank. [Thanks, Christopher N.]

Feeling your political oats and want to prove it? Wear an Election Watch. No, I'm not joking. One watch has McCain with a tight-lipped sorta smile; the other has the grinning face of Obama. Looking carefully, you'll see neither has a flag lapel pin and each is on a background appropriate to his party. They're both waving their right hands in a oh-I'm-glad-to-see-you way; the other hand is out of sight, but I'm guessing at least two of the fingers are crossed. The watches are self-winding (you can do an occasional wave, too) and sure to impress your like-minded friends. (Me, I got one just to aggravate my politically conservative brother-in-law and nephew.)

Obama and McCain -- smiling and waving